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Genus Hormothece
Etymology: Hor.mo.the’ce. Gr. fem. n. thêkê; N.L. fem. n. Hormothece
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Hormothec-), hor-mo-THE-ke
Type species: Hormothece rupestris Jao 1944
Valid publication: Jao C-C. Studies on the fresh-water algae of China. XIII. New Myxophyceae from Kwangsi. Sinensia 1944; 15:75-90.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae".
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cyanostylon Geitler 1928. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hormotliece".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae".
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Hormothece banyolensis (Margalef 1946) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Hormothece cylindrocellularis (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Hormothece geitleriana Azevedo and Sant'Anna 1994 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Hormothece jaoi Ley 1947 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Hormothece rupestris Jao 1944 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Hormothece starmuehlneri (Bourrelly 1984) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 
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Record number: 6440
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